Who's new

  • croussos
  • antonymac
  • KHKan
  • Tracy LeGros
  • drhenrykwok

ANZCA Certificate in Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine

ANZCA Certificate in Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine

Eligible candidates are invited to present for examination for the Certificate in Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists.

Eligibility criteria are:

1. Fellowship of a Specialist College in Australia or New Zealand. This includes all specialties,  and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.

2. Completion of training courses in Diving Medicine and in Hyperbaric Medicine of at least 4 weeks total duration. (e.g. ANZHMG course at Prince of Wales Hospital Sydney, and Royal Adelaide Hosptial or HMAS PENGUIN diving medical officers courses).

3. EITHER

a. Completion of the Diploma of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society, including 6 months' full-time equivalent experience in a hyperbaric unit and successful completion of a thesis or research project approved by the Assessor, SPUMS.

b. AND Completion of a further 12 months' full-time equivaqlent clinical experience in a hospital-based hyperbaric unit which is approved for training in Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine by the ANZCA.

OR

c. Completion of 18 months' full-time experience in a hospital-based hyperbaric unit which is approved for training in Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine by the ANZCA.

d. AND Completion of a formal project in accordance with ANZCA Proefessional Document TE11 "Formal Project Guidelines". The formal project must be constructed around a topic which is relevant to the practice of Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine, and must be approved by the ANZCA Assessor prior to commencement.

4. Completion of a workbook documenting the details of clinical exposure attained during the training period.

5. Candidates who do not hold an Australian or New Zealand specialist qualification in Anaesthesia, Intensive Care or Emergency Medicine are required to demonstrate airway skills competency as specificed by ANZCA in the document "Airway skills requirements for training in Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine".

All details are availabe at the ANZCA website